Coin carrier



Oct. 26, 1965 GREENWALD 3,213,590

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INVENTOR. Harry Greenwald BY ATTORNEY United States Patent 3,213,590 COIN CARRIER Harry GreenWald, Whitestone, N.Y., assignor of onethird each to Louis Wolfi and Harry Silberglait, both of Bro'oklymNX. I

Filed (Jet. 29, 1962. Ser. No. 233,760 1 Claim. (Cl. 53254) This invention relates to a coin carrier, and more particularly concerns means for holding a stack of coins and for transferring the same to the coin holding tubes of a vending device, coin changer or the like.

In many coin operated vending devices, provision is made for supplying change together with the dispensed article so that a vending transaction may be completed when the purchaser has available coin or coins in excess of the price of the vended article. Also, change making devices, to facilitate the use of associated vending machines, are fairly common.

In either case, the coin holding tubes must be periodically refilled with coins of various denominations. This is a tedious operation, as the coins must be transferred from bags or other conventional carrying means to the coin holding tubes. Also, a count must be made of the coins inserted into the coin holding tubes.

Accordingly, an object of this invention is to provide an improved device for holding a stack of coins conveniently, to enable easy carriage thereof and rapid transfer of the same to coin holding tubes of vending machines, coin change-rs or the like.

Another object of this invention is to provide an im prove-d coin carrier for conveniently carrying a stack of a predetermined number of coins.

A further object of this invention is to provide an improved coin carrier which is adapted to be manipulated relative to coin holder tubes to readily transfer coins in said carrier to said tubes, the carrier including means for properly manipulating the same, such means being removable from the carrier to facilitate transportation of the coin carrier and the stack of coins disposed therein to said coin holding tubes.

Other objects of this invention will in part be obvious and in part hereinafter pointed out.

In the drawing,

FIG. 1 is a side elevational view of a coin carrying device embodying the invention;

FIG. 2 is an end view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a view similar to that of FIG. 1, showing the carrying device and an associated sleeve;

FIG. 4 is an end view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a top plan view of the sleeve, and

FIG. 6 is a front elevational view showing the carrying device related to a coin holding tube.

Referring in detail to the drawing and particularly to FIGS. 1 and 2, 10 designates a coin holding bracket embodying the invention. The bracket 10 is formed of a fiat metal strip bent to provide a pair of substantially parallel short arm portions 11, 12 having slightly outturned lip portions 13, 14 at the terminal ends thereof. Arm portions 11, 12 are integral with and extend substantially at right angles from, an elongated strap portion 15 which is slightly bowed from end to end, and comprises an intermediate portion 16 and end portions 17, 18 extending angularly from portion 16.

The intermediate bracket portion 16 has secured to the outer surface a nut 19 into which a handle 20 with a reduced threaded end portion 21 may be screwed to provide detachable handle means for bracket 10.

The bracket 10 has its portions 11, 12, 15 proportioned as to size so as to accommodate a fixed number of coins of a given denomination in stack form between arms 11,

3,2135% Patented 0st. 26, 1965 12 which are resiliently biased toward each other so as to firmly grip the stack of coins, S. Thus, the arm portions 11, 12 have a length slightly less than the diameter of the coins and strap portion 15 has a length sufiicient to accommodate a given number of such coins between arm portions 11, 12.

Bracket 10 is adapted to be associated with a tubular sleeve 22, as shown in FIGS. 3, 4. Sleeve 22 has a diameter equal to that of the coins to be contained therein. Sleeve 22 is open at the opposite ends 23, 24 thereof and is formed with a longitudinal slot 25 extending to the ends thereof. Said slot 25 has a width equal to the width of the bracket strap portion 15. Sleeve 22 has a length equal to the length of strap portion 15.

As shown in FIG. 3, the stack of coins of a determined number is gripped by bracket 10 and slid into sleeve 22, arm portions 11, 12 thereof projecting into slot 25. The handle 20 facilitates the operation. Handle 20 may then be unscrewed from bracket 10, thereby leaving the associated bracket 10 and sleeve 22 as a convenient means for transporting the same, as by fitting such assemblies into pockets of a carrying bag, not shown.

The stack of coins S is adapted to be transferred to coin holding tubes 26 of a vending or coin changing device as shown in FIG. 6. Here the upstanding tubes 26 are formed with slots 27 extending to the upper open ends 28 thereof. The handle 20 is reattached to bracket 10 and the bracket together with its stack of coins S is removed from sleeve 22. The bracket and stack assembly is then vertically aligned with the upper open end 28 of coin holding tube 26 and moved downward therein, with the strap portion 15 thereof opposite slot 27 and arm portions 11, 12 extending into said slot. The bracket 10 is then withdrawn from the stack of coins S by means of handle 20 and the coin stack S may now be pushed down to its lowermost position in coin holding tube 26.

It will be apparent that the carrier device 10 and its detachable handle 20 provides a convenient means for transporting fixed quantities of coins to vending and coin changing machines and to quickly transfer the same to the coin holding tubes thereof.

As various changes might be made in the embodiment herein shown without department from the spirit of the invention, it is understood that all matter herein shown or described shall be deemed illustrative and not by way of limitation except as set forth in the appended claim.

What is claimed is:

A coin carrying device for transferring a stack of coins to a coin holding tube, open at the top and having a longitudinal slot therein, said device comprising in combination a tubular sleeve open at the opposite ends thereof and having a longitudinal slot in the wall thereof extending to said opposite ends and a bracket and a handle extending from said bracket, said bracket comprising an elongated strap portion having a width less than the width of the slot in said sleeve and arm portions extending from the opposite ends of said strap portion and at right angles thereto for resiliently gripping a stack of coins disposed between said arm portions and located within said sleeve, means on an intermediate portion of said strap portion for disengagably engaging one end of said handle, said bracket arm portion having a width to allow the same to project through the slots of said sleeve and coin holding tube, said strap portion having a width no greater than the width of the slot in said coin holding tube whereby said stack of coins may be transferred from said sleeve to said coin holding tube while associated with said bracket by removing said coin stack from said sleeve by longitudinal movement of said bracket relative to said sleeve and inserting the bracket and coin stack assembly in the top of said coin holding tube and moving the same downwardly 3 4 by means of said handle with the strap portion thereof in 2,966,769 1/61 Iob 53-254 alignment with the slot in said coin holding tube and the 3,023,043 2/62 Ragains 294-31 arm portions thereof projecting into said slot, and then withdrawing said bracket away from said tube by means FOREIGN PATENTS of sald handle 5 856,961 12/60 Great Britain.

References Cited y the Examiner FRANK E. BAILEY, Primary Examiner.

UNITED STATES PATENTS TRAVIS s. MCGEHEE, Examiner.

592,897 11/97 White 2945 

